--- title: Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daugh… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the King, came out to meet him,--seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhaunr Iraqi, going gaily to his doom --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/) / 18 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15, sentence 18 Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the King, came out to meet him,--seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhaunr Iraqi, going gaily to his doom, was filled with pity, and called to him saying: **Who acts:** help, one · **What happens:** reach, come out, meet, see, go, fill · **To what, where:** city, help, gallant young Prince riding, Bhaunr, doom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (help, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:21:18 # text = Now, when he reached the city of King Sarkap, seventy maidens, daughters of the King, came out to meet him,--seventy fair maidens, merry and careless, full of smiles and laughter; but one, the youngest of them all, when she saw the gallant young Prince riding on Bhaunr Iraqi, going gaily to his doom, was filled with pity, and called to him saying: 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 55 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Bhaunr Bhaunr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 Iraqi Iraqi ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 59 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 conj _ _ 63 gaily gaily ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 doom doom NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obl _ _ 77 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 74 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 78 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | help | the city of King Sarkap | | | | seventy maidens and daughters of the King *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | past | | | | | now | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | help | | | | seventy fair maidens *obl* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | one the youngest of smiles | the gallant young Prince riding | | Bhaunr | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer riding=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | gerund | one the youngest of smiles *not said here* | | | help's doom | | gaily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to doom=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **fill** | past · passive | one the youngest of smiles *not said here* | | | | | with pity | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with pity=Instrument | | 7 | **call** | participle | one the youngest of smiles *not said here* | | help | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | one the youngest of smiles *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **doom** | | help | | | | | | nom doom «event transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/19/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)